Just thought I'd point it out, but I do NOT own any of the characters, or their lines. (I may use of few of them from the movie) Thanks! =D

The month flew fast for the town of Radiator Springs, and today wasn't their busiest day. Only a few outsiders of the town remained and most were leaving to continue their journeys to wherever. It was about 7:30 and the sun was already down. Everybody was at Flo's, except for Sarge and Fillmore who were side by side. Fillmore was gazing up upon the single street light that was continuously blinking yellow. Sarge was looking at other random things, thinking about the only person who has been on his mind for days..Chris.

"I'm still sayin' it, man. Every third blink IS slower!" Fillmore told Sarge for what seemed to be the sixtieth time.

Sarge snapped out of his thoughts and glared up at the light, then glared at Fillmore. "Will you shut UP?" Sarge's glare disappeared when he noticed Mack and Chris entering the town. It was their seventh drive of the month.

"The rig is stealin' yer girl, man." Fillmore said as he watched the two of them with Sarge.

"Oh, take a car wash, hippie." Sarge rolled his eyes.

"I'm tellin' ya, man, he's gonna win her over. You should really try harder." The bus continued.

Sarge rolled his eyes, "I'm not interested." He lied.

"I don't know, man. I see ya lookin' at her everyday with desire. I can see it in you. You're in love." Fillmore smiled and nodded.

"Shut your mouth, hippie!" Sarge growled as he drove away from his annoying friend.

"So, ya doin' anything tomorrow?" Mack asked Chris as they drove into Flo's.

"I don't think so." Chris smiled. "And I'd love to take another drive with you." She added with a laugh.

"Great! There's some great travel spots further away, I could bring my trailer for ya so you wouldn't have to drive." He suggested.

"Thank you, Mack. That would be a good idea." Chris smiled with a blush.

"Anytime." He replied, taking a few seconds to look at her. Chris's engine began to heat up and she drove off to Sarge's hut after saying goodbye.

"Hey Sarge." She greeted when she entered.

"Hey." He replied flatly.

"Way to be enthusiastic." She joked with a chuckle.

"Ha, yeah." He replied with a sigh.

"You haven't been yourself lately." She said, driving closer to him.

"I guess not." He sighed again.

"Any reason you wanna share with me?" She asked.

"No." He snapped.

Chris glared at him, "Look, I'm just trying to help you."

"I don't need any of it." He replied.

Chris shook her hood and glared. "Alright, whatever. I'm leaving. I'll find somewhere else to go." She turned to leave, "I'll be back for my stuff later."

Sarge stared at her, his eyes following her as she left. He then realized that he had just hurt the one and only person who meant the world to him. Before he could say anything, she was already out the door.

Chris wasn't even thinking when she turned out of Sarge's lawn. Suddenly she smacked face to face into somebody big.

"Ow! Oh, hey Chris." It was Mack.

Chris smiled, happy to see him. "Hey Mack." Her voice was cracking from holding back tears and Mack seemed to notice this.

"What happened?" He asked.

Chris looked up at him for a few seconds before bursting into tears. She huddled up to him and he hugged her.

"Oh Mack. I don't know what to do anymore." Chris sobbed into the side of his face. "I just feel like I'm losing him as a friend."

"Just give him some time to cool down." Mack said softly, hugging her tighter.

They both broke apart from each other and Chris nodded, "You're right. I'll give him some time." Her windshield wipers activated and her eyes were soon dry.

"Hey, if ya need anything, or somebody to talk to, I'm here too." He smiled and gave her a small nudge.

Chris raised herself up on her axles a bit and kissed his 'cheek'. "Thank you." She smiled.

"You're welcome." Mack said calmly with a blush on his face.

"Hey um, is lightning using your trailer?" She asked.

"Nope. Not for a while, why?" Mack replied.

"Would you mind..if I stayed in there for a while?" She asked.

"But it stays outside. It doesn't fit in the garage, and it gets pretty chilly in there. If you wan't, you can even stay in the garage with me. It's a two door giant garage and there's plenty of room." He suggested.

Chris smiled. He did have a point, and a garage sounded more comfortable.

"Ok, that'd be great." She blushed slightly.

"It's not much, but it's comforting." He said, preparing her that she may not like it.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine." She reassured him with a smile.

A few minutes later they arrived at the garage. It was big..huge more likely.

"It's nice." Chris told him. "Thank you again."

"No problem." Mack replied, opening both giant doors.

"Wow." Chris whispered. She had never seen a garage this big before.

"After you." Mack smiled as he held out a tire in the direction of the garage.

Chris smiled up at him as she drove into the garage.

"If you need anything, I'll be right next door." He told her.

"Alright. Thank you." Chris replied with a smile before Mack closed the door.

The next morning at Radiator Springs came quickly. Chris opened her eyes and yawned, stretching her axles before opening the garage door. Mack's was wide open, which told her that he was already awake and probably at Flo's.

Only a couple seconds later, Chris was down at Flo's getting her breakfast.

"Hey Doc." Chris greeted her friend. She had become kinda close to him over the past few weeks she was here.

"Hey Chris. How'd you sleep?" He asked.

"Great, surprisingly." She replied.

"I heard you and Sarge we're arguing." He said quietly.

She sighed, "Yea, I don't know what's gotten into him."

"Ya know he likes you a lot?" Doc asked, raising an eye ridge.

"I know, but we're best friends, and that's all I see him as..Well.. I guess..I'm not really sure how I feel about him. I mean, he's nice an' all, he's a good friend, he's understanding.." Chris sighed, "I just don't know what to do."

"How do you feel around him?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Do you have any feelings when your around him? For example..butterflies in your tank, nervous, etc." He said, waving a tire around to show more enthusiasm.

"Well.." Chris began honestly. "I..do get butterflies..sometimes.." She admitted.

"Well, there ya go. You have feelings for him, you just couldn't see it." He said with a grin.

"But..I..can I tell you something?" She asked.

"Anything." He replied.

"I..I feel the same way with Mack." She whispered.

Doc's expression showed that he didn't mind, "Well, I really don't know what to tell ya, but I do understand what you're goin' through. If you don't mind me asking, why Mack?"

"Oh, I don't know. He's just really sweet and a nice guy. He's helped me out a lot this past month. I appreciate him." She shrugged.

"What about Sarge?" He asked.

"He's a real nice guy. He's very close to me. We've been through a lot together, and we've basically helped each other out a lot." Chris shrugged.

"Why don't you take a drive with him? Ya know, catch up." Doc suggested.

Chris nodded in agreement. "Ok. I'll do it."

Doc only smiled and drove off.

"Hey Mack." Chris greeted the rig as she spotted him driving down the road.

"Oh, hey Chris." He smiled.

"Hey look, I'm sorry, but..I'm gonna have to cancel our plans for today. I-um..was gonna go on a drive with Sarge. To just try and work things out. You don't mind, do you?" She looked up at the semi.

"No, not at all. It's fine with me." Mack nodded and chuckled.

"Ok, thanks." Chris said and turned to leave.

Chris looked around and spotted Sarge in his normal place next to Fillmore at Flo's. She drove up next to him and smiled sideways in his direction. "Hey."

He only looked at her and nodded as a hello.

"Come on. Let's go for a drive." She said, still hanging on to her smile.

Sarge's eyes gazed into hers before he spoke, "Alright."

The two of them drove out of Flo's and headed down the road.

"I...I need to apologize." Sarge began, his eyes saddened as they continued their drive. "I was too harsh on you."

"No need. I-I should have just let ya cool down for a while." She admitted, scooting slightly closer to him.

"Most of it's my fault anyway." Sarge laughed.

"That's not true." Christina replied with a chuckle. "Now shut up and drive, Sergeant Pain-In-My-Ass." She added sarcastically with a grin.

"Come on. I know the perfect place." Sarge said with a laugh as he sped up a bit faster.

"You got it!" She hollered over the loud noise of their engines and the wind as she met his speed.

Hours seemed to go by like days, and both Chris and Sarge stood side by side, over looking the great rocky hills and valleys.

"This is really beautiful." Chris sighed as she gazed upon the land.

"Come on. Follow me." Sarge replied as he turned around. Chris obeyed and followed. A few minutes later, he led her to a giant-looking forrest. Trees surrounded them almost instantly as they drove through. They had only spent about thirty seconds in the wilderness and already the trees looked thick.

A sudden roar of thunder caused both vehicles to stop dead in their tracks. They both looked at eachother with goofy smiles.

"You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Sarge asked.

"Oh yea, I think I'm thinkin' what your thinkin'." Chris laughed and nodded her hood.

At that very moment rain began to pour heavily, and right then and there, the two jeeps sped off. Mud had already started to form, along with giant muddy puddles and whatnot in the area.

Sarge stopped and watched his best friend continue to drive at full speed. Suddenly, Chris slammed her breaks, and skidded sideways, creating a giant wave of mud and water. The flying mess hit the trees in its path and left a giant mud stain on the bark.

"Beat that!" Chris yelled back to Sarge. It was a game. Whoever could get the mud stain the highest, won. It was a game they'd played in the army all the time to keep them busy when there was nothing to do, and training for the day had been finished.

"No problem!" Sarge yelled back to her as he sped off. His speed reached the same as hers was before, and he stopped, skidded sideways, and left a giant stain on the same tree just about an inch higher than the old one. "Ha! I win!"

"I call a redo!" Chris laughed.

"Fine! How about over there?" Sarge pointed a tire in another direction.

"Good for me." She replied as she sped off in that direction. She had a giant grin on her face as she sped faster than the lightning in the skies. Finally, she slammed her breaks, but something had gone wrong. Something inside her snapped and she continued to fly forward. Her brake pads were damaged. She was barely able to move out of the tree's path, when she suddenly entered a giant puddle, which turned out to be a giant ditch filled with thick mud. her entire right side was underneath the mud, and she was stuck.

"Christina!" Sarge yelled as he went after her. "Chris, are--are..are you alright?" Chris?"

"I'm..I'm..hurt..I can't move..and I'm stuck." She said as tears of pain began to flood her eyes.

"I'll go get help!" Sarge yelled to her.

"No! Radiator Springs is a half-hour away..I..I don't think I can make it." She admitted.

"Don't say that! I will come back. I promise." Sarge replied before he quickly sped off, dodging every tree.

Chris sobbed, the rain hiding her tears. He'll be back..I know it. She thought. Suddenly her eyes felt heavy, and she closed them. All the struggling made her tired and she fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Sarge raced down the highway back to Radiator Springs. He was going at least twenty miles over the speed limit, and within the next fifteen minutes, he arrived at Radiator Springs.

He sped up at Flo's.

Everybody looked at the mud-soaked jeep. "Where's Mater?"

"Last-a time we saw him, he was-a with-a Mack helping him move things." Luigi replied.

"Mmmhm." Flo agreed with a nod.

"And do you realize how fast you were going?" Sheriff said, glaring.

"I don't care how fast I was going! Christina is miles away from here, stuck in a giant muddy hole!" Sarge growled as he skidded a U-turn and sped off to Mack's garage, leaving the rest of the group at Flo's looking at one another in confusion.

Within seconds he reached it, and saw Mater with Mack.

"Mater! I need your help! Fast! Hurry up!" Sarge said, inpatient. "Chris is in trouble.

"Wehl, ok." Mater said with a raised eye ridge.

"What's the matter with her?" Mack asked as he sped up in front of Sarge.

"She's stuck." Sarge replied. "I have to hurry back. Let's go Mater."

At least a half-hour had passed before both Mater and Sarge arrived back at the location in which Chris was at. It had stopped raining a while ago, and already the sun was back out, blazing hotter than ever. Most of the mud in the ditch was hardened back into dirt, but still some was wet and soft.

"I don' know. I don' think I can get'er out." Mater said and gave Sarge an ashamed look.

"What do you mean you don't think you can get her out? Try it!" The jeep replied.

Sighing, Mater quickly threw out his tow-hook. It connected with ease underneath Chris's bumper, and he began to pull as hard as he could. Determined to get her out, Sarge drove in front of Chris and began trying to help push her out. Inch by inch she was released by the thick mess, and within the next half hour, she was finally free.

Slowly..very slowly..Chris's eyes opened to a squint as bright light entered them.

She groaned, "Ugh, where am I?"

"You're in my office." Doc's voice was heard behind her.

"What happened?" She asked.

"You were stuck. In mud." Doc said, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Mud? Are you serious?" She asked. She had forgotten the accident completely, but remembered her and Sarge goofing off and playing the game.

"No lie. You worried us." He replied. "If it weren't for Mater and Sarge, you would've never gotten out."

"When can I get out of here? What's wrong with me?" She asked.

"Well, I fixed your brake pads up. I cleaned ya up some, and you have damaged axles." He sighed. "That was a dangerous game you were playing."

She laughed, "I know."

"I'm surprised you didn't get yelled at for it when you were in the army." He chuckled.

Chris laughed out loud, but winced in pain from it, "We did, but we were kinda scared, so we used it to pass up the time."

Doc chuckled. "Well, you'll need to be in here for about..three more days."

"Three days?" Chris groaned. "I already feel cramped up here." She added, pointing out the fact that she was on the lift, about five feet in the air. Just enough of a height so Doc could work on her.

"Don't worry, it'll fly by." He said, trying to reassure her as he began his work on her axles.